Twenty years ago Kenneth MacMillan died at the Royal Opera House during a
performance of his Mayerling. In the two decades since we have seen
many of his ballets, but this latest triple bill, to mark the 20th
anniversary of his death, brings together three disparate and defining works
that he originally made for companies in Germany.

Concerto (1966), set to Shostakovich’s Second Piano Concerto, was one
of the first pieces he created as director of the Berlin Opera Ballet. This
is a happy plotless ballet with simple yet colourful designs by Jürgen Rose
that make you feel as if